COFFEE 167 



Care of the Trees. The Philippine coffee is usually 

 rather small ; and it is advisable not to let it grow more 

 than 2 meters in height. At that height it is easy to 

 pick the fruit, and the trees can be sprayed to guard 

 against the coffee rust, without a great waste of the Bor- 

 deaux mixture. As has already been explained in the 

 chapter on plant diseases, a coffee plantation must be 

 kept clean of dead leaves and branches, as a protection 

 against rust and insects. 



Coffee is likely to bear a good crop when four years 

 old, and to bear every year for more than a decade. The 

 methods of handling the crop are very different in differ- 

 ent countries. 



